Jalapeño Cream Cheese Spread

Looking for a creative recipe? Then check out this jalapeno cheese spread ready in 10 minutes to be served with crackers.

Ingredients

1

(8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese

1

(1-inch) piece cinnamon stick

1/2

cup jalapeño jelly

1

(1-inch) square red bell pepper, if desired

2

tablespoons dairy sour cream, if desired

Directions

1Cut cream cheese in half diagonally. Turn 1 piece over and arrange both pieces on small serving plate with long straight sides touching to form triangular "tree." Place cinnamon stick in center of bottom edge to form "trunk."

2Just before serving, spoon jelly over tree, allowing some to flow down sides to plate. Using 1-inch star canape cutter, cut star from bell pepper square; place at top of tree. Pipe sour cream diagonally across tree to form garland. Serve with crackers.